the way Mariko looks at John after he steps in and tells her he'll be her second is SO HEAVY. it's like she realizes he finally understands why she's doing all of that, being respectful of her choice even if he does not agree to it. their chemistry is beautiful

The fact he decided to become his second means he truly loves her. Despite not wanting her to go thru commiting sepuku, he’d rather be the second then allow her to feel like she’s damned to hell. It’s quite poetic for him to do it considering her earlier quote on how a flowers beauty or purpose is when it falls “flowers are only flowers when it falls”. Her whole life after her father’s death is wanting to die, but now her death is given purpose and meaning to her and to those she cares about.

Subtle thing about this episode: those with a keen eye would spot that Blackthorne has been sword-training. Everything about his stance and grip and posture has changed from the first time at the beach with Yabushige, where he couldn’t even grip the sword properly. In this episode, he even performs a manoeuvre and kills someone who was trying to kill him. Good on him for putting in the work.

The point is that he was willing to do something he was totally against for someone he loved and be haunted by it forever. That is different than trying to convince her for what he himself wanted. I think she respected it immensely.

The way they shot how Anjin helps Mariko to get up by offering his hand and her accepting it looks almost like a marriage ceremony with guests looking at newly wed.

The pain on her face at the realization she is abandoned by her chosen second and might have to kill herself by her own hand condemning herself to hell (by her Catholic faith) is pure art.....such an amazing performance. As is the expression of relief when Blackthorne realizes this when he tells her to pay hell no mind.

It is a stunning scene. One of the best of this show. Her bravery and her loyal heart makes her a true samurai heroine. Whithout John She would have been left alone in this heartbreakingly heavy situation. No one was there to secont her untill John step forward to do it. Their nonverbal communication was very touching. Both Anna and Cosmo deservs a bow for this scene. Great actors!

"Let it from your mind." He tells her to unburden herself of the fear for her own soul, that he understands his true task is not just to ease her death by being her second, but by risking his own soul for hers.

As messed up as that was It was romantic in its own way Its shows that despite how much he hates seeing her kill herself he still stands and with her And she knows how he feels and appreciate him for that

What other show could manage "I'm gonna cut your head off" as a declaration of truest love?

For those who is not familiar, the first act of Seppuku is extremely painful if done properly in the guts (instead of the heart). The second act liberates the samurai from the pain. The last psychological chess move was not giving Mariko the second act to instill fear on her. She apparently went with the Seppuku anyway. Blackthorn understood that and volunteered to be the second act. Japanese legend said that some defeated samurai opened up their stomach, took their guts out, and chop them to pieces in front of the winning party before leaning forward for the second act. That action terrified the winning party and served as the samurai's last fighting effort.

｢散りぬべき　時知りてこそ　世の中の　花も花なれ　人も人なれ｣ 自害する時、膝を縛る作法がしっかり描写されているのに感心！！

Its so good to not have read the books 😂😂😂 the intensity of these episode is just off the charts 👏👏👏

When you risk you own soul in hell so your waifu goes to heaven

It is unlikely blackthorne would perform his job as second well. But he saw it as sparing her damnation. So even though she may not die quickly, in his eyes what is that to eternal torment.

He's not her second in the book. Yabu is, and despite being an absolute a-hole he wants to be perfect for her which is cool because the honouring of their traditions transcend their relationships.

Madame knows a lot about suffering. To ask for help from a man who for the first time almost held a sword in his hands, we saw how he, having met Yabushige on the shore, held it

i cried like a baby the first time i saw this.

Japanese honor and loyalty back then is almost absolute! You earned our respect our japanese brothers!

Strangely romantic which is wild

広松の切腹があったからこそ、このシーンの緊張感が跳ね上がった

What many Japanese worry about is whether this drama will reinforce misunderstandings and prejudices. So, we comment on parts of fiction that are significantly different from reality. It would be fine if all the content of the drama were fiction, but since this era, the amount of records has increased rapidly and the facts are becoming more detailed. On the other hand, Japanese cannot help but feel uncomfortable with dramas based on original works that contain a lot of fiction and a little historical fact. William Adams, who was the model for John Blackthorne, is a real person, but after the historic battle (Battle of Sekigahara) in 1600, he was favored by Ieyasu (Toranaga) and became a hatamoto(direct vassal of shogun). It's not like he was active before that battle. I would like to clearly recognize that fact. It may be unavoidable to have flashy or cruel directions for entertainment, but Hosokawa Gracia, who was the model for Toda Mariko, did not commit suicide to protect her faith, but instead had her family vassal kill her. Therefore, she remains the tragic heroine of the Sengoku period. In this drama, Mariko says "suicide,'' and then she says "kaishaku,'' so even though she asks for "kaishaku'' as punishment for breaking her faith, this is out of Japanese common sense. In other words, Japanese think that such "suicide'' is "actually seppuku,'' and are confused by this strangeness. I understand that it was difficult, but I wish they had expressed "kaishaku'' correctly, just like "seppuku.'' 多くの日本人が心配するのは、このドラマで逆に誤解や偏見が助長されないかということです。だから、事実と大きく異なったフィクションの部分に対し、コメントするのです。ドラマ内容全てがフィクションであったら良いのですが、この時代から、記録の量がぐっと増えてきて事実が詳しくわかってきます。これに反し、多くのフィクションと少ない史実の混じった原作のドラマに、日本人は違和感を覚えざるを得ないのです。ジョン・ブラックソーンのモデルとなったウィリアム・アダムズは実在の人物ですが、1600年の歴史的な戦い(関ヶ原の戦い)の後、家康(虎長)の気に入られ、旗本になっていますから、その戦いの前から活動をしたわけではありません。その事実ははっきりと認識して欲しいのです。娯楽作品にするには派手だったり残虐だったりする演出も仕方ないかもしれませんが、戸田鞠子のモデルとなった細川ガラシャは、信仰を守って自殺せず、家来に自身を殺させているため、戦国時代の悲劇のヒロインであることに変わりはありません。このドラマ内で鞠子は「自害」と言ってから、続いて「介錯」と言っているため、信仰を破った罰として「介錯」を頼んでも、これは日本人の常識から外れます。つまり、その「自害」は「実質上の切腹」になると日本人は考え、その奇妙さに戸惑うのです。難しかったことはわかりますが、「切腹」と同様に「介錯」も正しく表現して欲しかったと思います。

I"ve never read 1000 pages in 2 days before this book. Thanks Mr. Clavel. And this is the best movie based on the book.

Jesus Crist mate ... I almost had an heart attack in This scene 😂

I'm just here to laugh all the "weebs" in the comment section like "Ackchyually..."

I will read the book after the show is over. Will love to know more details of the story.

Everyone is wrong. Mariko looks at John not out of relief or some deep realization that he now understands. But out of deep regret and sadness that this man that she loves was the last person she wanted to put through this. She knows it would cause him great pain. And she regrets this. But her resolve cannot be diminished and she proceeds.

This is not actually seppuku scene. Seppuku, 切腹, cut the belly, is the manner of samurai. For ladies of samurai family often committed suicide but not cut belly but stab their chest or cut their neck. Mariko tried to stab her chest.

What song is in the background? Soo good.

This scene had me on the edge of my seat the whole time, it was so intense.

Although a lady could also commit seppuku equivalent (as uncommon cases), calling this seppuku is wrong as she targets her heart. 2:21 It looks like some Japanese say that this scene is wrong as a lady is not supposed to commit seppuku, but the truth is that she is not committing seppuku in this scene. Nobody in the show called it seppuku. Just some audiences or critics wrongly call it seppuku, which is wrong.

The son watching Mariko breaks my heart... 🥺

If your nominated second refuses then you must endure the entire ritual of disembowelling yourself.

what is barney thompson doing in japan. he's supposed to be working for the peaky blinders

He's so mumbly, I can't understand what he says after telling her that he'll do it. Sounds like "there's no place I haven't already known, [insert unintelligible gibberish here]"

it'd be amazing if I could actually see what's happening without having to turn the brightness on my phone all the way up.

Ah the tragic culmination 😢

As I remember not Anjin but Yabbu assists Mariko. That was on the book…imagine how Anjin without knowledge of using sword would make it…ihhh

can anyone explain why yabushi helps the shinobi get in the fortress and then warn the main characters about the incoming shinobi?

a number of things wrong with this. Female samurai do not commit Seppuku they commit Jigai. When commiting Jigai the dagger is used to cut their throat not driver into their heart as Mariko intended. And finally since the jugglular was cut it brought about a very rapid death the act of beheading was not required so Blackthorne wouldn't have had to at as her second.

John and Mariko romance 😢 later in episode anyway, he made love to her that night & will never find a woman like her again

Marpi Point vibes

Ok these clips aint the best to watch on a phone. On max brightness and i can barely see a thing

Was John really going to go through with it?

Nobody would cut off their lovers head if they truly loved them

This scene from the 1980 version 　kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNuIg6yUpr7WlJs.html

I thought women went out with the sword through the throat (jigai?)

Wondering why she tied her knees together... any particular reason?

Wrong title. It should read: Mariko almost commits seppuku. In Japanese culture JB would not have been the killer.

Real Bushido

Yeah, for me that way Mariko carry aronde her little knife and never get to use it is more comical than tragic, it doesn't work for me!

This is not seppuku, seppuku is to stab the belly , not the heart.

İs real history or fictional ?

That 3:06 OUUUUUFFFFFF could be felt

She didnt die like thia in the book!

Dude stop posting spoilers before most have seen the episode

If Season 1 of this work is modeled on the eve of Sekigahara, I would like Season 2 to create ``Winter Camp'' and ``Summer Camp'' based on the ``Battle of Sekigahara'', which was an internal conflict after unification. After the novel was completed, Game of Thrones quickly developed a script and produced additional seasons. It would be a shame if Shogun ended after season 1. The story is about to get interesting.

This is a remake from xogum movie 1980

Hodor'd instead

I have enjoyed using Akechi to unify Japan in video games, lol

She asks him to wait until she has fallen. I suspect she wanted to be unconcious before he attempts to behead her. He would have surely made a mess of it.

Why was he so confident that he could one shot it? Wild ass

女性が人前で自決する事は無い。ましてや切腹などあり得ない。

That is a cross around her neck is it not?

Weirdest JAV ive ever seen but i managed to bust one out anyway.

Mariko San is about to commit seppuku, but women in medieval Japan didn't pierce their hearts, they actually slit their own throats. So at this point the fiction is inaccurate.

Just a question: here, Mariko recounts that her father was a good man who assassinated the boss of Toranaga's dead boss because the said guy was corrupt. I know the Big Boss her dad kills is based on Oda Nobunaga, the most famous Shogun to have ever lived. Question: though it is commonly believed that Nobunaga was eccentric and morally ambiguous, was he really corrupt?

Why all movies are in the dark, I hate that, I don't look

This is completely wrong. Kaishaku is something that is done in response to seppuku. Women do not and cannot commit seppuku. So if she were allowed to commit suicide like in this video, she would die with a dagger to strike her heart. If she didn't die, someone else might have stabbed her to death. Her model, Hosokawa Gracia did not commit suicide, but had her family vassal stab her with his spear and kill her.

Samurai women did not commit "seppuku", which means cutting the belly. They would stab themselves in the throat. Not sure if they used "seconds" the way that men did either. Strictly speaking, a second was not necessary if a samurai carried out seppuku properly. However, as it was very painful, and required great commitment and willpower even for a dedicated samurai, it could be difficult to properly complete the act, so the custom of using a second, who would decapitate the person committing seppuku once they had begun the process of slitting open their abdomen became customary. Once the person had started the act, honor was served, and the second could decapitate them to end the pain and ensure the end came quickly. Attempting to cut off Mariko's head from behind here might be problematic. Her hair might create issues, possibly deflecting even a sharp sword before contacting the neck bones. It is also unlikely that Blackthorn would have had the skill and technique to carry out the procedure properly, even if he had been getting a few sword lessons. This is a deviation from the novel that was unnecessary, IMHO.

I am Japanese, "Seppku"(切腹） is only for Samurai, I believe and NOT for women. This is very very odd to us.

Wrong. ladies did not commit seppuku, it is only for Samurai. Samurai ladies kill themselves by the knife thrusting throat or heart. It is difficult for untrained person to cut off human head by sword. Unsightly and ugly beheading was a shame of the beheader and in this case he also had to kill himself because of this shame. So, Anjin second is impossible.

Nope she gets blown up!😢

You know some of us have jobs and don't stay up until 1am to watch this, but you put spoilers in the title of your video. "Don't recommend this channel"

女性は首では？

Blackthornの介錯は下手そうだから絶対失敗する。首を落とすのに9回ぐらい刀振りおとすことに😂 痛そうだから私なら絶対頼まない。

This is what she’s being wanting for the longest time and fails at it! Why the crying?

oh, please.......

Japanese women don’t do seppuku, thus needed one to kaishyaku. 真田がついてるのに無作法なシーン

What a pointless scene when literally 5min later she’s being blown up for standing in front of the door being blown up.

This crazy nuts rituals..death and own killing.

What a let down. I wish that interruption came 5 minutes later.

The movie makers have not even read the book.

Seppuku soul mates. Completely ridiculous.

Lololol

This is ridiculous. Women cannot commit seppuku. No one can second her. Ep.8 was so good. But i was disappointed in ep.9.

really cool scene, but a women commiting ritual suicide in medieval japan would have sliced he jugular, here she was ogoing to open her belly

It is stupid. .

도대체…. 이해가 않됨…. 왜 자꾸 죽을려고 하냐….

You don't have to watch

フジヤマ、ゲイシャ、ハラキリは日本文化です🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🙏🙏🙏

Japans culture is just something I’ll never try to understand or agree with. Life was nothing to them. They treated people like life points in a mario game because they had trust issues. Really shows how insecure they were that they had to play these toxic political games. I guess you could say tho that ochibas father was a mad king tho. In every aspect.

In the US we have hotlines to call for this problem.